Feminist Reconstructions in Psychology: Narrative, Gender, and PerformanceSAGE Publications, 2001 - 229 pages Feminist Reconstructions in Psychology introduces a distinctive new mode in doing psychology. This psychology is based on an increasingly popular range of ideas called social constructionism. Within the book, new forms of theory and methods of inquiry relating social constructionism to feminist topics are introduced. Each chapter highlights different topics of special concern within gender studies, especially the psychology of women. The book draws from the central tenets of postmodern inquiry, as played out in the positive framework of social constructionism. Emphasized are reflexivity, the social basis of reality making, the breakdown of traditional narrative forms, the loss of objectivity as a scientific standard, and the possibilities for new forms of doing research. In this respect, the book is unique and serves to provide a point of view on an intriguing movement that is gaining momentum across the social sciences and humanities. |
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... play their game of words ? What are the rules , and how good are they at playing ? Whoever gets the most mean- ings wins ? That's one way to put it . Philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein described language games before we did , of course ...
... play with the plays . Chapter 7 , " Woman as Spectacle , " is designed to foster interest in the manner in which psychology deals with the topic of " women over 40. " It functions as a literature review , emphasizing the lack of ...
... play . Or when all you can be is the nurse , or the patient , or the ground they measure and inspect . Always peeking , then they say , " Is that all there is ? " When will they learn ? [ Forcefully ] Don't mess with Mother Nature ...
Contents
The Emergence of Feminist Postmodern Psychology | 9 |
Pieces of a Dream | 52 |
Bodies Under Construction | 72 |
Copyright | |
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Feminist Reconstructions in Psychology: Narrative, Gender, and Performance Mary Gergen Limited preview - 2000 |
Feminist Reconstructions in Psychology: Narrative, Gender, and Performance Mary Gergen No preview available - 2001 |